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Albania expels 2 Iranian diplomats
 [IsraelTimes] Albania’s Foreign Ministry expels two Iranian diplomats for activities "not in line with their status."A ministry statement says the two diplomats, Mohammad Ali Arz Peimanemati and Seyed Ahmad Hosseini Alast, are declared persona non grata and asked to "immediately" leave Albania. In December 2018, Albania expelled two other Iranian diplomats for "violating their diplomatic status" by allegedly engaging in unspecified illegal activities that threatened the country’s security. Albania is home to about 2,500 members of the Iranian exile opposition group Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, which moved there from Iraq. Related: Mujahedeen-e-Khalq: 2019-11-18 Iran supreme leader warns ‘thugs’ amid gas price protests Mujahedeen-e-Khalq: 2019-11-18 Iran's top leader warns ‘thugs' as protests reach 100 cities Mujahedeen-e-Khalq: 2018-07-01 Maryam Rajavi: Regime overthrow is certain, Iran will be free Related: Albania: 2020-01-13 Iran’s Revolutionary Guards says missiles did not aim to kill US troops Albania: 2020-01-12 Europe Under Siege from People-Smuggling Gangs Albania: 2020-01-11 Albania calls out ‘blind brutality’ and ‘malicious activity’ of the Iranian regime after Khamenei appeared to threaten his country online Posted by: trailing wife 2020-01-16 |
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